#499AE4#499AE4

#499AE4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.136 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AE4
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 228)
HSL	hsl(209, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(209, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 32.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, -1.30, -44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 44.67, 268.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% -0.0492 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.136 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3016, 30.1261, 77.7071)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#499AE4 #E49349

analogous

#49E4E1 #499AE4 #494DE4

triadic

#499AE4 #E4499A #9AE449

tetradic

#499AE4 #E149E4 #E49349 #4DE449

square

#499AE4 #E149E4 #E49349 #4DE449

split-complementary

#499AE4 #E4494D #E4E149

monochromatic

#175C9C #1F7CD1 #499AE4 #7EB8EC #B4D5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#499AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#499AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499AE4

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AE4	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.136 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7ed',
    500: '#499ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ae4;
$custom-light: #8cb7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.645,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66886,
    "c": 0.13576,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AE4

secondary

#E3C3A6

accent

#9037F1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AE4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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